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GypsyGirl's discussions
1 year on Tarceva now!!
- By GypsyGirl · Posted August 31, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 4 replies
- We just got home from the oncology visit. Roy's blood work remains stable (good) and his CT scans still show everything as 'on hold'!! Great news. The Tarceva is working!! Roy is still feeling great ...
1 year celebration!!
- By GypsyGirl · Posted August 7, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 16 replies
- I can not believe that a year has gone by already since we heard the diagnosis of NSCLC adenocarcinoma. It changed our lives forever. We have 'really' lived life this past year. When I came rushing home ...
Repeat CT this Friday
- By GypsyGirl · Posted March 19, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 3 replies
- Just an update on Roy. He is doing well and holding his ground in this fight. He's been taking the Tarceva since Sept and feels fine. We are eating better and exercising. He 'has' had some rise in is ...
I'm reading a book
- By GypsyGirl · Posted February 9, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 6 replies
- I heard this doctor on NPR and bought the book. It's titled, "Anti cancer, a new way of life" by Dr. Servan-Schreiber. He has brain cancer himself. He talks about how every one has cancer cells in them ...
Good News!
- By GypsyGirl · Posted December 30, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 9 replies
- Roy's 16 week CT scan (after 12 weeks on Tarceva) show some of the lesions are 'gone', more have shrunk, and the others that shrank 6 weeks ago, have not grown any more! Praise God!! The terrible rash ...
Great CT result
- By GypsyGirl · Posted November 17, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 13 replies
- The doctor came into the exam room clapping his hands. He said that all of the tumors are shrinking!! Bone and lungs!! Roy has been on the Tarceva for 6 weeks now. He got the Tarceva rash something awful ...
First CT recheck after Tarceva
- By GypsyGirl · Posted November 13, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 2 replies
- Well, Roy has taken the Tarceva for 6 weeks now and tomorrow we go for a repeat CT scan to see what results it has had. He has been feeling much better lately but lost about 15 pounds. The rash is 50 ...
Bad taste with Tarceva
- By GypsyGirl · Posted November 6, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 4 replies
- Roy has been taking Tarceva for 5 weeks now. The first week went great but then he started getting 'queasy' and lost his appetitie. He now eats very sparingly... like a bird. He says that everything tastes ...
Nausea with Tarceva
- By GypsyGirl · Posted October 20, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 8 replies
- Roy has done well with the radiation, loss of hair, Tarceva and the loss of appetite, but this weekend he started having a 'queasy' stomach and bouts of nausea. He doesn't really desire to eat anything ...
Relieved over clinical trial
- By GypsyGirl · Posted October 6, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 5 replies
- We went for my husbands appointment today at the University Hospital. They drew more blood work and we filled out paperwork. They put his info into a computer and it decided which study group he would ...